New York, New York
Blockhouse No. 1
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Freedom Tunnel
A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
New York, New York
Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Cambridge, England
Newton's Apple Tree, Trinity College
This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.
Cambridge, England
Queens' College Moondial
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Cambridge, England
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
